AN INTERESTING answer from Rhodri Morgan on how the Assembly should fund its programme in his final press briefing before retiring.
Should the Assembly have tax-raising powers. The sort of right that almost every democratic body possesses, right down to ecommunity councils.
Independence
Rhodri and the tax raising question
Welsh Politics
Mistrust
The Welsh Labour Party issued a statement at noon on Tuesday from Rhodri Morgan and Peter Hain, Secretary of State for Wales, which was read differently by the two coalition parties.
It is clear that Labour is more cautious on a referendum that Plaid Cymru. Labour fears that a No vote “could set back devolution for several decades”. Of course, some senior figures in Labour have an aim of “setting back devolution for ever”.
Press and Media
The Rhodri proof that our press is incompetent
NOW THAT all our “evening” newspapers have ceased to be such any more – they all prepare new and print their copies during the night before their publication date – is it about time they tried to catch up with the world?
Welsh Politics
St Athan, the Lib Dem dropped brick, and Rhodri’s request for £100m
THE WELSH Lib Dems can expect to suffer plenty of embarrassment over their Westminster party’s plan to scrap the £13bn scheme to plan St Athan aerodrome into a giant military training establishment for the entire UK.
Opinion
Will President Morgan replace the Queen?
IT SHOULD be an interesting sight, when Western Mail letter-writer Neil Welton ascends to the block erected outside Cardiff Castle, lays his head down, and hears the swish of the axe, before knowing no more as his now-detached head tumbles to the ground.
Welsh Politics
Boadicea or Thatcher
Who is the greatest female politician Britain has produced ? Is it Margaret Thatcher or Boadicea, writes Clive Betts from the National Assembly press gallery ?
The question was posed… Read the rest
Welsh Politics
Rhodri Morgan and the Balaclava Bounce
When Rhodri Morgan came into the press gallery to report on what we all wanted to know about, he was looking downward, and his face was horribly gloomy, writes Clive Betts from the National Assembly press gallery. A man about to retire knew he had to report on the collapse of his life’s work.
